Sanggye Won Drakpa Pel
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Sanggye Won Drakpa Pel (T. sangs rgyas dbon po grags pa dpal) (b.1251 - d.1296). A lama from the Taklung Kagyü lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.
He was born in Yangsho Bongra (g.yang dhod bong ra steng) in Kham, Tibet in 1251. He received teachings and the new name Drakpa Pel Ozer Zangpo from his uncle Sanggye Yarjon, the third abbot of Taklung Monastery. He later founded Pel Riwoche Monastery in 1276, serving as the first abbot until his death in 1296 at the age of forty-six.[1]
He is regarded as a reincarnation of Gampopa Sonam Rinchen.[1]
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1
Sanggye Won Drakpa Pel, Treasury of Lives
External links
- Sanggye Won Drakpa Pel, Treasury of Lives